{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"East Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":38.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9778619,"letterContent":"I am so blessed by the support of the DonorsChoose community! This project for more books for our music classroom is such a gift to our students. I love ending music class with literature! Adding a book to the lesson time is a great way to engage students, while also calming them down before their teacher comes to pick them up. Having books that have to do with music or whatever I just taught makes it even better! We have already read 3 of the books that you helped us get during their daily music class times and I cannot wait to introduce the other books to each class during their music lesson time soon. Thank you again for helping me make this project for more classroom books a reality! I could not have done it without you!","fullyFundedDate":1765817294921,"projectUrl":"project/books-books-books/9778619/","projectTitle":"Books! Books! Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7785072_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732943794579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/musicdaywithmrsa"},{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9265453,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us get our students these amazing hand drums! Our younger students will be able to use these to practice keeping a steady beat to music and learning about different percussion instruments. Our oldest students will be able to use these to play more complex rhythms along with new and well known melodies. I also love that these drums come with mallets because students can either play the hand drums using their hands or with the mallets for a different sound. My students were so excited when they saw new musical instruments on the shelf in the classroom! I had to tell every class that came in for 2 days that you helped bless us with these items! Thank you again for helping support this project! I could not have offered this without you!","fullyFundedDate":1766094998913,"projectUrl":"project/hand-drums-for-everyone/9265453/","projectTitle":"Hand Drums for Everyone","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7785072_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732943794579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/musicdaywithmrsa"},{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9788906,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us get this air purifier for our school's elementary music classroom! This gift will help keep over 600 students healthier each week when they come to their music class time. The air purifier will be so useful this time of the year when so many students are getting sick. I hope that this air purifier makes us all a safer, healthier school overall. Thank you again for helping me make this happen! I could not have offered this to our students and school without your support!","fullyFundedDate":1764719897165,"projectUrl":"project/cleaner-air-for-all/9788906/","projectTitle":"Cleaner Air for All","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7785072_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732943794579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/musicdaywithmrsa"},{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9882697,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us get these snacks and sweet treats for our students! No student should ever go hungry! These snacks will help support our current campus plan for students who may need a snack or additional help to have enough for a filling lunch. I was so honored to be able to bring your donation to our office and state that this could be added to the snack station we have for students we actively keep an eye on. Some days they do not have enough for a filling lunch and being able to pull those kids aside and let them get something to add to their lunch box completely changes their day. Thank you again for your support! I could not have done it without you!","fullyFundedDate":1763494167862,"projectUrl":"project/sweets-and-snacks-for-success/9882697/","projectTitle":"Sweets and Snacks for Success!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7785072_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732943794579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/musicdaywithmrsa"},{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9851805,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us get these boomwhackers for our music classroom! Our students are THRILLED! We have already played them several times and our students have loved the opportunity. We are a title 1 school and many of our resources are old, damaged or need to be replaced. As the elementary music teacher on my campus, I am helping refresh/revamp our school's musical instrument inventory and this gift helped us have enough boomwhackers for every student in a class to enjoy at the same time! This will be a gift that helps over 600 students every school year for several years to come! Thank you again for your support! I could not have done this without you!","fullyFundedDate":1761870726647,"projectUrl":"project/boomwhackers-and-books/9851805/","projectTitle":"Boomwhackers and Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7785072_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732943794579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/musicdaywithmrsa"},{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9680467,"letterContent":"They are here! Our jingle bells and sleigh bells are here! I am SO excited these came in before the Winter holiday season in a couple of months! These will be great musical instruments to use while learning about various holiday hits, including the song \"Jingle Bells\"! I also plan to have us use these jingle bells during caroling in the future! Our students will grow and have so many different opportunities because of your gift. Thank you for helping make it happen! I could not have done it without you!","fullyFundedDate":1760693632214,"projectUrl":"project/jingle-all-the-way/9680467/","projectTitle":"Jingle All the Way!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7785072_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732943794579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/musicdaywithmrsa"},{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9778566,"letterContent":"They are here! They are here! Thank you so much for helping us get these books to learn more about the orchestra during our elementary music classes! Our kiddos will LOVE these books and getting to use them at the end of our class times to learn more about many different composers, such as Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Greig, Holst and Saint-Saens to name a few. I truly believe the best way for our students to learn is to incorporate a cross curricular approach to teaching and these resources will help me make that possible! I could not have offered them these books without you. Thank you for making this happen. I am so honored by your gift.","fullyFundedDate":1760693573947,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-learn-about-the-orchestra-with-b/9778566/","projectTitle":"Help Us Learn About the Orchestra With Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7785072_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732943794579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/musicdaywithmrsa"},{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9753032,"letterContent":"They are here! They are here! I received an exciting phone call this afternoon from the front office of our school to let me know that a package arrived from DonorsChoose for us! I could not wait to see what it was! These speed stacking cups will be a hit with our students! They will love using them for different music class activities, including \"the cup song,\" When I'm Gone! They will also love using them for different games in our room. I can't wait to show them what we received next week! Thank you again for helping make this project happen! I could not have done it without you!","fullyFundedDate":1760693603237,"projectUrl":"project/speed-stacking-cups-for-class-games-galo/9753032/","projectTitle":"Speed Stacking Cups for Class Games Galore!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7785072_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732943794579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/musicdaywithmrsa"},{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9376429,"letterContent":"It's official! I am a Lifetime Member of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators because of your support! This Music Educators Association will offer me countless opportunities for further growth, professional development, lesson plan ideas, UIL preparation for students, scholarly studies and journals, as well as the opportunity to go to member only conferences and trainings focusing on elementary music education. This has been on the \"dream\" list for me as a elementary music educator and I never expected that this DonorsChoose project would actually fund. Thank you for making this happen for me and my students! My personal growth as an educator will benefit my students for YEARS to come! Your support is a blessing! I could not have done this without you!","fullyFundedDate":1752586553721,"projectUrl":"project/teachers-need-to-keep-learning-too/9376429/","projectTitle":"Teachers Need to Keep Learning Too!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7785072_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732943794579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/musicdaywithmrsa"},{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9464626,"letterContent":"The hand chimes are here! The hand chimes are here! Thank you so much for helping us get these hand chimes for our classroom! Our students will LOVE them! \r\n\r\nWhen I was in 3rd grade, I had the opportunity to be in an extracurricular handbell ensemble. I love this experience and later continued to be in hand bell and hand chime groups. Once in college to study music, I found out there was a college class on hand bell performance at my university. I enrolled and enjoyed learning and performing with other music majors. \r\n\r\nI doubt any of our elementary students will have an experience like that in their future, but I hope getting to learn to play these hand chimes and the hand bells we already have in our music classroom is still an equally enjoyable experience for them as it was for me at their ages. Thank you again for helping this project become a reality! I hope to grow our handbells and hand chimes in our instrumental inventory so more students can continue to play. I could not offer this without you. 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Your gift will allow me to take their musical education up to the next level and build the musical instrument inventory in our school in the process!","fullyFundedDate":1760693724238,"projectUrl":"project/keep-musicians-drumming/9470070/","projectTitle":"Keep Musicians Drumming!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7785072_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y160&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1732943794579","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/musicdaywithmrsa"},{"teacherId":7785072,"projectId":9464602,"letterContent":"It's here! It's here! We are so excited that these BRAND NEW boomwhackers for our elementary music classroom are here! Thank you so much for helping us get these wonderful musical instruments! Our students will be so excited to get to play these boomwhackers along with different songs in the music classroom this year because of your support! Our PreK-4th graders will benefit from these instruments by learning how to work in groups to play a song, learning how to follow along & play the beat/rhythm of a song and how to play simple musical melodies! Instruments like these help me teach the musicians of tomorrow! We are so blessed by your support on this project! 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